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Here’s another one… You get an email saying; “myGov.au wants you to update your password“ it looks so real, but probably a scam. They are so clever... The scammer’s email address looks so much like the legitimate myGov email address. I didn’t reply to the email, didn’t click on any links and...

Yes. Come to think of it - that’s exactly what happened to us. We booked a room (with a large hotel chain) through Booking.com. The chain’s headquarters didn’t send our reservation on to the hotel!!! I still use Booking.com to sort through hotel styles, location, etc., and still book with them...

Yep. Quite a few years ago this happened to us. I would have thought the problem wouldn‘t happen again…so I’m surprised that it has… We needed to go to Townsville - to visit our son in hospital (who was to undergo spinal surgery). So, we booked a room at a hotel in Townsville - on Booking.com...

Hummm… I just had our lounge cleaned. Had to pay $100 deposit with my credit card - over the phone. That’s OK, because if I was running a business, I would need some certainty when making a 3 or 4 hour appointment. But, get this; I asked if I could pay the operator in cash - when he finished the...

I might be old-fashioned, but I reckon retailers should; Instead of wasting money on expensive high-tech stuff, they should put on more staff - to parade the aisles, liaise with customers, help customers find stuff, check/tidy up stock, serve at checkouts, bag items purchased, and so on. This...

Interesting... My wife & I recently volunteered with the Salvos - putting together Christmas hampers. What a wonderful experience. All the food for the hampers was sourced by the Salvos. We also saw a couple of Salvos volunteers manning a desk “inside“ our local Coles store. When approaching...

You’re right Monks. But David Koch is earning a lot more than $100K a year though and he’s pushing his own barrow (with compare the market)… We’re with you buddy. We’re in our 70s now and we’re comfortable. But we did it by working hard and reducing our expectations, AND making sacrifices...

Hummmm. Jacob Burrows (the electrician) is on the right track. Younger people should buy a cheapie to start with (even if it’s in the country - where houses can be cheaper). Then, rent it out and work hard to make extra payments to build up the equity. Then sell & upgrade a little. I think...

I like the one where a shopper was scanning their goods (to save Coles doing it) and occasionally picked up things in the left hand - passed to the right hand (bypassing the scanner) and placing the item/s in the shopping bag. Then, when repeatedly being approached by the “observer/assistant“...

We love cruising. We’ve been on about 9 cruises. Some better than others. One observation is that we’ll never go on a ’big’ cruise ship again. Although the larger ships may have modern features (as most of the “newer“ cruise ships tend to be “huge”) they are somewhat informal and we found we had...

I support the removal and destruction of self-serve checkouts. In fact, I’d be willing to take my truck down to my local Coles / Woolies / Bunnings (and now Aldi) & help load them on to the truck & take them to the tip - free of charge. Where will it stop? We currently have to bag, weigh & label...

Thank you. Very easy to understand. I don’t know much about stone types, but I have cut travertine, sandstone, granite, terracotta and marble over the years (as an owner builder), I’ve been fortunate enough to have been able to do this using a wet saw - no dust. Wouldn’t it be better to...

What about “real“ stone (granite, marble, travertine, etc) aren’t they dangerous too? Or is the dust from real stone safe to inhale…

Everyone should submit a complaint about “Services” Australia (Centrelink’s) poor service to their Federal Member of Parliament. They are the ones we voted for - to fix this sort of thing.